To: Red Badger
Wouldn’t the process also include a sacrificial cathodic element that would have to be periodically replaced?
2 posted on
07/29/2015 1:51:08 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
In other words, it is a VERY old fashioned battery.
3 posted on
07/29/2015 1:52:05 PM PDT by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Red Badger
they are still doing a cost analysis. They are taking pre-orders online
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They are taking orders without a cost?
4 posted on
07/29/2015 1:52:19 PM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Mark17
5 posted on
07/29/2015 1:52:54 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: Red Badger
6 posted on
07/29/2015 1:53:56 PM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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9 posted on
07/29/2015 1:57:09 PM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Red Badger
The salt does not provide energy, the electrodes, or rather the difference in composition between the two electrodes does.
No matter what they are made of, they will be depleted and require replacement before long.
We made batteries like this in school. Why does anyone think this is new technology?
18 posted on
07/29/2015 2:08:36 PM PDT by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Red Badger
You have to buy it to know how much it costs. Hillary and Barbara Boxer pricing.
To: Red Badger
Isn’t Salt bad for one’s health? =)
To: Red Badger
How expensive are the replacement anodes?
I suspect there is a very practical reason why this technology hasn't been commercialized in the past. Eight hours is not a long time when the SHTF.
25 posted on
07/29/2015 2:17:12 PM PDT by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: Red Badger
27 posted on
07/29/2015 2:19:10 PM PDT by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Red Badger
I thought Reaqan already worked out a Salt Treaty with the Ruskies?
28 posted on
07/29/2015 2:19:20 PM PDT by
umgud
To: Red Badger
If these lamps start selling in the USA politicians at the local, state and federal levels will quickly figure out ways to tax their use.
31 posted on
07/29/2015 2:32:13 PM PDT by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: Red Badger
Will it power my post-apocalyptic tanning booth?
32 posted on
07/29/2015 2:32:52 PM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Red Badger
Your under arrest for a salt.
To: Red Badger
But if we use up all the salt in the world all the oceans will die.
It's bad enough we use more than our share of the Sun.
38 posted on
07/29/2015 2:43:47 PM PDT by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
To: Red Badger
Can I just use some potatoes instead of the salt water?
43 posted on
07/29/2015 3:03:50 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
To: Red Badger
Solar cells and a Li ion rechargeable would be better, no anode to replace, better efficiency.
47 posted on
07/29/2015 3:21:13 PM PDT by
DBrow
To: Red Badger
There’s no mention of the “fuel” (anode) or “depolarizer” (cathode) here - they will have to be chunks of quite pure metal - e.g. Zn/Cu, Mg/Fe, Al/Cu and much more costly than salt/water. The water and salt is pretty much a red herring - the energy comes from the metals. The only “modern technology” here is the LED, making it possible to use the rather measly current available from such crude batteries.
The zinger is that ordinary solar cells are quite cheap and give a lot more power for a longer time. So instead just give them a square foot of solar cells connected to a battery or capacitor and a bunch of LEDs, and they can have a bunch of light for hours at night. LEDs now cost about 10 cents each.
51 posted on
07/29/2015 4:36:40 PM PDT by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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